Democrat Christian Menefee won a special House election runoff in Texas Saturday night, further narrowing the already slim Republican majority in the chamber.
Menefee, the former Harris County attorney, beat Democratic former Houston city councilmember Amanda Edwards with 68 percent of the vote, filling the seat left empty since Rep. Sylvester Turner’s death in March.
“The results here tonight are a mandate for me to work as hard as I can to oppose your agenda, to fight back against where you’re taking this country and to investigate your crimes,” Menefee said before the crowd at his victory party.